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November
November 6, 2009
Let States Lead the Way - Washington's One-Size-Fits-All Reform Won't Work
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Let States Lead the Way - Washington's One-Size-Fits-All Reform Won't Work
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October
September
August
August 19, 2009
Concerns About Rationing in Congressional Health Care Bills Are Not Misplaced
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Concerns About Rationing in Congressional Health Care Bills Are Not Misplaced
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July
June
May
April
April 7, 2009
Toward a healthier economy: Lawsuit reform for Pa.'s medical, fiscal well-being
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Toward a healthier economy: Lawsuit reform for Pa.'s medical, fiscal well-being
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March
March 21, 2009
How to heal health care: Open up market solutions to expand choices, cut costs
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How to heal health care: Open up market solutions to expand choices, cut costs
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February
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November
October
September
August
April
April 27, 2008
Gov. Tim Pawlenty: Health-care records lag technology - Going electronic improves care and saves money, as Minnesota examples show.
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty: Health-care records lag technology - Going electronic improves care and saves money, as Minnesota examples show.
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March
March 27, 2008
Transforming Health in Georgia: Giving Georgians More Choices of Higher Quality at Lower Cost
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond, responding to a recent AJC column, encourage Georgia Legislature to provide more choices in health
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Transforming Health in Georgia: Giving Georgians More Choices of Higher Quality at Lower Cost
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond, responding to a recent AJC column, encourage Georgia Legislature to provide more choices in health
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February
February 21, 2008
Insurance for the working poor: Practical proposals are a powerful step in the right direction
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Insurance for the working poor: Practical proposals are a powerful step in the right direction
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January
December
November
October
October 18, 2007
Jindal's health care plan a national model
CHT founder Newt Gingrich discusses Congressman Bobby Jindal's healthcare reform plan.
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Jindal's health care plan a national model
CHT founder Newt Gingrich discusses Congressman Bobby Jindal's healthcare reform plan.
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October 15, 2007
One Cheer for Doctor Hillary: Right Problems, Wrong Solutions
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt comment on the major components of Senator Hillary Clinton's health-reform plan.
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One Cheer for Doctor Hillary: Right Problems, Wrong Solutions
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt comment on the major components of Senator Hillary Clinton's health-reform plan.
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October 15, 2007
Conservatives and Medicaid
CHT project director Jim Frogue discusses conservatives' role in Medicaid transformation.
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Conservatives and Medicaid
CHT project director Jim Frogue discusses conservatives' role in Medicaid transformation.
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September
September 22, 2007
The Future of SCHIP
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt stress the importance for an 18-month extension of the SCHIP program.
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The Future of SCHIP
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt stress the importance for an 18-month extension of the SCHIP program.
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August
August 11, 2007
Healthy Americans Mean A Healthy America
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Republican Presidential Candidate and Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee discuss the difference between a Washington-controlled bureaucratic model and a consumer-based system.
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Healthy Americans Mean A Healthy America
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Republican Presidential Candidate and Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee discuss the difference between a Washington-controlled bureaucratic model and a consumer-based system.
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August 1, 2007
Health Bill Contains 'Hidden Tax Increase'
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt discuss how the House SCHIP bill will raise taxes on every senior citizen and every American who owns health insurance.
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Health Bill Contains 'Hidden Tax Increase'
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt discuss how the House SCHIP bill will raise taxes on every senior citizen and every American who owns health insurance.
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June
June 25, 2007
Covering the uninsured - do we want markets or mandates?
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich discusses consumer-driven solutions for insuring 45 million Americans.
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Covering the uninsured - do we want markets or mandates?
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich discusses consumer-driven solutions for insuring 45 million Americans.
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June 24, 2007
Budget cuts to medical research will cost lives
In an original op-ed, Newt Gingrich and G. Steven Burrill make the case for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health.
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Budget cuts to medical research will cost lives
In an original op-ed, Newt Gingrich and G. Steven Burrill make the case for increased funding for the National Institutes of Health.
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June 13, 2007
Tackling costs of health care requires some huge changes
In The Des Moines Register, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt discuss how to extend coverage to 45 million uninsured Americans.
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Tackling costs of health care requires some huge changes
In The Des Moines Register, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt discuss how to extend coverage to 45 million uninsured Americans.
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May
May 20, 2007
100 percent e-prescribing will save lives
In an original op-ed, CHT Project Director Jim Frogue and Alabama Policy Institute Vice President Michael Ciamarra discuss e-prescribing.
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100 percent e-prescribing will save lives
In an original op-ed, CHT Project Director Jim Frogue and Alabama Policy Institute Vice President Michael Ciamarra discuss e-prescribing.
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May 6, 2007
'E-prescribing' can stop errors
In an original op-ed, CHT Project Director Jim Frogue and Alabama Policy Institute Vice President Michael Ciamarra propose a race to see which state can be the first to arrive at 100 percent e-prescribing.
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'E-prescribing' can stop errors
In an original op-ed, CHT Project Director Jim Frogue and Alabama Policy Institute Vice President Michael Ciamarra propose a race to see which state can be the first to arrive at 100 percent e-prescribing.
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April
April 10, 2007
Protecting Americans from Genetic Discrimination
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Robert Egge write a new op-ed for The Washington Times: "Healthcare Re-Gifting."
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Protecting Americans from Genetic Discrimination
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Robert Egge write a new op-ed for The Washington Times: "Healthcare Re-Gifting."
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April 1, 2007
Preparing for a Twenty-First Century Intelligent Health System
In a new op-ed published in James Magazine, Newt Gingrich and Nancy Desmond recommend essential steps healthcare organizations must take in order to transform America's broken health system.
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Preparing for a Twenty-First Century Intelligent Health System
In a new op-ed published in James Magazine, Newt Gingrich and Nancy Desmond recommend essential steps healthcare organizations must take in order to transform America's broken health system.
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March
March 31, 2007
The Health Tech Revolution is Here
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich writes an op-ed for the new issue of The American.
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The Health Tech Revolution is Here
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich writes an op-ed for the new issue of The American.
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March 11, 2007
Web-based prescriptions would reduce errors, death
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Health IT Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed for The News Tribune.
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Web-based prescriptions would reduce errors, death
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Health IT Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed for The News Tribune.
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February
February 26, 2007
Rebuilding Healthcare the Right Way
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed about transforming Louisiana's health system.
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Rebuilding Healthcare the Right Way
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed about transforming Louisiana's health system.
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January
January 31, 2007
"Four Cornerstones" Will Transform Health
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and GE's Dr. Bob Galvin consider the building blocks of a value-based health system: information technology, performance measures, transparency and payment reform.
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"Four Cornerstones" Will Transform Health
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and GE's Dr. Bob Galvin consider the building blocks of a value-based health system: information technology, performance measures, transparency and payment reform.
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January 25, 2007
Price Shopping Can Lower Healthcare Costs
In an original CHT op-ed, Project Directors Laura Linn and Wayne Oliver discuss Georgia's efforts to increase transparency in the healthcare industry.
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Price Shopping Can Lower Healthcare Costs
In an original CHT op-ed, Project Directors Laura Linn and Wayne Oliver discuss Georgia's efforts to increase transparency in the healthcare industry.
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January 9, 2007
Getting the healthcare field wired
In this award-winning Op-Ed, CHT founder Newt Gingrich and Janet Dillione encourage the adoption of health information technology.
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Getting the healthcare field wired
In this award-winning Op-Ed, CHT founder Newt Gingrich and Janet Dillione encourage the adoption of health information technology.
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December
December 11, 2006
Alzheimer's Disease: It's Time We Aim for Victory
In an op-ed for BusinessWeek, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Robert Egge call for a guiding federal resolve to defeat Alzheimer's.
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Alzheimer's Disease: It's Time We Aim for Victory
In an op-ed for BusinessWeek, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Robert Egge call for a guiding federal resolve to defeat Alzheimer's.
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December 5, 2006
A Remedy for Healthcare
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on the lame-duck Congress to pass vital health IT legislation.
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A Remedy for Healthcare
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on the lame-duck Congress to pass vital health IT legislation.
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December 4, 2006
Renew Milton Friedman's Conservatism
Newt Gingrich and David Merritt assert that in healthcare and in education, the solution is the same.
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Renew Milton Friedman's Conservatism
Newt Gingrich and David Merritt assert that in healthcare and in education, the solution is the same.
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November
November 8, 2006
The Left Playing Medi-scare, Again
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt respond to a flawed study from Families USA in a new CHT opinion-editorial.
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The Left Playing Medi-scare, Again
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt respond to a flawed study from Families USA in a new CHT opinion-editorial.
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October
October 3, 2006
Trust American Ingenuity to Fix Our Troubling Healthcare Issues
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich writes an op-ed for Investor's Business Daily.
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Trust American Ingenuity to Fix Our Troubling Healthcare Issues
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich writes an op-ed for Investor's Business Daily.
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August
August 22, 2006
A Test of Will: Border Security and Healthcares
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on legislators to address the issue of illegal immigration.
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A Test of Will: Border Security and Healthcares
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on legislators to address the issue of illegal immigration.
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July
July 31, 2006
Transforming Diabetes in Georgia
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Georgia Project Director Laura Linn describe the vision and scope of CHT's Healthy Georgia Diabetes and Obesity Project.
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Transforming Diabetes in Georgia
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Georgia Project Director Laura Linn describe the vision and scope of CHT's Healthy Georgia Diabetes and Obesity Project.
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July 31, 2006
The Last, Best Hope for Healthcare
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on American business to act decisively to transform the health system.
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The Last, Best Hope for Healthcare
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt call on American business to act decisively to transform the health system.
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June
June 1, 2006
21st Century Healthcare Consumerism
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director James Frogue provide the "Perspective" feature for the June issue of CDHC Solutions.
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21st Century Healthcare Consumerism
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director James Frogue provide the "Perspective" feature for the June issue of CDHC Solutions.
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May
May 1, 2006
The 21st Century Intelligent Health System
Project Director David Merritt elucidates upon CHT's vision of the future of healthcare in MD Net Guide.
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The 21st Century Intelligent Health System
Project Director David Merritt elucidates upon CHT's vision of the future of healthcare in MD Net Guide.
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May 1, 2006
Competition Leading to Lower Cost
CHT senior fellow Ron Bachman offers commentary for Health Care News: "Medicare Rx Costs Below Estimates, Thanks to Private-Sector Competition."
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Competition Leading to Lower Cost
CHT senior fellow Ron Bachman offers commentary for Health Care News: "Medicare Rx Costs Below Estimates, Thanks to Private-Sector Competition."
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March
March 30, 2006
A Healthy Medicare Drug Plan
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed on Medicare transformation for The Boston Globe.
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A Healthy Medicare Drug Plan
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director David Merritt write an op-ed on Medicare transformation for The Boston Globe.
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March 8, 2006
Sticker Shock Could Help with Healthcare Costs
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director James Frogue call for quality and price transparency in the health system.
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Sticker Shock Could Help with Healthcare Costs
CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director James Frogue call for quality and price transparency in the health system.
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November
November 12, 2005
A Health Threat We're Not Treating
CHT founder Newt Gingrich discusses specialty hospitals in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
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A Health Threat We're Not Treating
CHT founder Newt Gingrich discusses specialty hospitals in an op-ed for The Washington Post.
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July
July 18, 2005
Mired in the Past
In an op-ed for Modern Healthcare, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Jim Frogue argue that Medicare and Medicaid must evolve to meet the needs of the 21st Century.
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Mired in the Past
In an op-ed for Modern Healthcare, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Jim Frogue argue that Medicare and Medicaid must evolve to meet the needs of the 21st Century.
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June
June 3, 2005
Rx for America: A Healthy Dose of Information Technology
Newt Gingrich and David Merritt write an editorial for The Forward regarding the urgent need for widespread adoption of interoperable health IT.
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Rx for America: A Healthy Dose of Information Technology
Newt Gingrich and David Merritt write an editorial for The Forward regarding the urgent need for widespread adoption of interoperable health IT.
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May
May 23, 2005
Stark, Anti-Kickback and the EHR
In HHN's Most Wired magazine, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond illustrate how regulatory barriers prohibit willing health providers from adopting HIT.
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Stark, Anti-Kickback and the EHR
In HHN's Most Wired magazine, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond illustrate how regulatory barriers prohibit willing health providers from adopting HIT.
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April
April 7, 2005
Revamp Medicaid to help minorities fare better
In an Atlanta-Journal Constitution guest column, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Jim Frogue discuss how minorities' disproportionate representation in the archaic Medicaid bureaucracy exacerbates health disparities between races.
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Revamp Medicaid to help minorities fare better
In an Atlanta-Journal Constitution guest column, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and Project Director Jim Frogue discuss how minorities' disproportionate representation in the archaic Medicaid bureaucracy exacerbates health disparities between races.
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March
March 2, 2005
"Transform It, Don't Reform It"
In a Washington Post Op-Ed, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich discusses bringing Medicaid into the 21st Century: a fundamental transformation of the program is vital if Medicaid is to satisfy the separate and distinct needs of the several groups it covers.
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"Transform It, Don't Reform It"
In a Washington Post Op-Ed, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich discusses bringing Medicaid into the 21st Century: a fundamental transformation of the program is vital if Medicaid is to satisfy the separate and distinct needs of the several groups it covers.
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February
February 14, 2005
Better Healthcare for the 21st Century
In Health Care's Most Wired magazine, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond urge community leaders to bring new information technology to the forefront of the health care transformation process.
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Better Healthcare for the 21st Century
In Health Care's Most Wired magazine, CHT Founder Newt Gingrich and CEO Nancy Desmond urge community leaders to bring new information technology to the forefront of the health care transformation process.
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